SIETAR Kansai Special Joint Event for July 2017

 

 

SIETAR Kansai Special Joint Event for July 2017

In collaboration with JALT Business Communication SIG and other organizations

 

Business and Intercultural Negotiation Special Conference

 

Main speakers:​Kumiko Murata, Professor, WasedaUniversity​

​​Chris Bates, Business consultant and trainer

​​Tim Craig, BlueSky Academic Services, publisher for international business

 

Date:​​July 1-2, 2017

Times:​​Sat. July 1 from 9:30 to 17:30 and Sun. July 2 from 9:00 to 16:10

 

Venue:​Kansai University, Senriyama, Faculty of Foreign Language Studies, Iwasaki Kinenkan, Rooms F401 & F402   http://www.kansai-u.ac.jp/past/English/about_ku/senri_map.html

 

Language:​English

Fee:​Free for all participants

 

SIETAR Kansai is offering this event as its July 2017 meeting. It is special because it is a two-day conference with three plenary speakers, several international business-related and educational presentations, posters, an intercultural workshop and a panel discussion. This is certainly a value-added SIETAR Kansai meeting. While this conference is mainly organized by the Business Communication SIG of JALT, SIETAR Kansai has been included in the preparations.

 

The plenaries:

English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) research in business and workplace settings by Kumiko Murata. Murata is Professor of English and Applied Linguistics at Waseda University. Her research interests include ELF, pragmatics, intercultural communication and language teaching, among others. She recently edited the book, Exploring ELF in Japanese academic and business contexts (2016, Routledge).

The ethological and cultural roots of different negotiation styles, by Chris Bates. Bates is based in Taiwan and has lived in Asia for 40 years. He works in sales and marketing, business intelligence consulting, and executive searches. He has also trained Fortune 100companies on advanced negotiation in Asia.

Building cultural understanding in the classroom by Tim Craig.Craig has a PhD in International Business and two MAs in International Management and in East Asian Studies. He previouslytaught 15 years in Japan and has taught and done research in Canadian and Japanese business schools.

 

Selected presentations:

Learning to communicate in English at work by Miyuki Takino

Business simulations by Curtis Kelly

Negotiating identity through Intercultural Language Learning Projects by Sachie Banks

Enhance your professional qualifications with diversity awareness training by Gerry Yokota

Industry-related programs in business English education by Richard Miller

Cross-cultural communication clashes: A simulation task game by Greg Roualt

Contrast Culture Method training workshop by CCM SIG of SIETAR

Language policy and multilingualism: Case in Singapore and implications to Japan by Sachie Ujiie

Innovative business English learning solutions by James Yellowlees

 

For the schedule: http://jalt.org/bizcom/index.html See: Business Communication SIG Summer Seminar

SIETAR Kansai May 2017 – Annual Field Trip:Saturday, May 27 — meet at 11:15 a.m.

   SIETAR Kansai May 2017 – Annual Field Trip

Saturday, May 27 — meet at 1115 a.m.

 

 

May is the month for our annual field trip. In the past we have visited the Kobe mosque, the Cathedral of St. Maria of Tamatsukuri of Osaka, the Buddhist community of Shinnyoen in Settsu-Tonda, Osaka, and last year the Quaker community of Kansai. This year our plan is to visit the Jewish synagogue in Kobe. Ohel Shelomo Synagogue is officially the Jewish Community of Kansai, and it is the oldest surviving Jewish community in Japan. The Jewish people have had a long history in Japan, and specifically in Kobe starting from the turn of the 20th century.

To learn more about this important history and about the Jewish religion, you are invited to join our field trip. This is open to all who are interested, both SIETAR members and non-members alike. We will meet at 11:15 noon at the west exit of Sannomiya Hankyu Station in front of McDonald’s. We will walk to the synagogue from there. Participants should be prepared to bring 1000~1500 yen for the donation. There will be people who can explain things in Japanese and in English. We will have lunch in the synagogue after the service.

To sign up, please contact Donna Fujimoto at fujimotodonna@@gmail.com (the deadline is May 23) In your email, write your full name, and cell phone. There may be a limit of participants, so please be sure to send your email asap.

 

  

Special SIETAR Golden Week ‘Contrast Culture Method’ workshop—May 5-7, 2017

The Contrast Culture Method (CCM) is an intercultural education method that was developed in the 1960s by Dr. Edward Stewart—a pioneer of the intercultural field. SIETAR’s CCM Special Interest Group (SIG) was formed in 1999 and has been offering sessions for different groups ever since then. For the first time, the CCM SIG is offering an intensive 3-day workshop (May 5-7), which will be open to anyone who is interested in experiencing the method (day 1), to be followed by trainings for those interested in learning more about CCM involving training to become a role player and/or a facilitator (days 2 & 3).

Venue:  Nanzan Gakuen Research Center, Irinaka, Nagoya.

Accommodation: available at the Center for very reasonable rates for those interested

Required:  Application form available through Donna Fujimoto at fujimotodonna@@gmail.com

Deadline:  Sun. April 23, 2017

For the application form, map to the venue, poster and any questions or further details,  contact

Donna Fujimoto at fujimotodonna@@gmail.com